From a Certain Point of View: Part 1

[colls]

Welcome to our first of four check-in and discussion posts for our Book of the Month.

This month’s book is Book: From A Certain Point of View by Various Authors

Stories 1-10
Raymus
The Bucket
The Sith of Datawork
Stories in the Sand
Reirin
The Red One
Rites
Master and Apprentice
Beru Whitesun Lars


1) Which stories did you like the most? the least?
2) Which characters stood out as interesting?
3) Other thoughts?

Comments

[barbiejedi]

1. My favorite by far was The Sith of Datawork. Very accurate for the kind of shenanigans you get in jobs that put a lot of emphasis on documentation.

2. I would give ANYTHING for a continuation of Reirin-- that seemed like a great first chapter of a much longer story. It reminded me a lot of the vibes of the Adventure Journal stories from Legends, and I wanted more of her adventure(s).

3. This is all speculation, but given how many of the stories featured what seemed to amount to little more than a transcription of on-screen scenes from the film, I wonder if the editors were telling authors to stick strictly to the events of A New Hope and not to stray. I would have liked the Beru story a LOT more if it had delved more deeply into her life before meeting Owen, or more of her relationship with Luke as he was growing up. Minus the blue cheese (lol), the story seemed like it was being dragged back to on-screen references rather than being allowed to go somewhere unexplored.

[brokenmnemonic]

the story seemed like it was being dragged back to on-screen references rather than being allowed to go somewhere unexplored

Several of the stories felt like they were trying a bit too hard to make sure everyone reading would be able to work out exactly where in the movie each short story fits.